I’ve always been fascinated by the ties that bind the right. So I was curious how American conservatives would react to the EU elections, where the far-right National Front and and UKIP did extremely well. And when I say “curious”, I don’t mean “ready to mock them”, I mean genuinely curious.
Don Surber used to hang around here and at least at the time, he seemed more reasonable than a lot on the right. So I don’t think this is nut-picking.
French Earthquake needed here. Everyone is fine with legal immigration provided the newcomers don't mooch and mock the host nation
— Don Surber (@donsurber) May 25, 2014
@DougJBalloon Well you root for commies who killed 250 million in Russia and China, so there
— Don Surber (@donsurber) May 25, 2014
On the other hand, one of my wingnut coworkers seems quite upset about it. Granted, he’s largely a Likudnik and the far right parties in Europe tend towards anti-Semitism. But I expected at least a little Obama-blaming and concern-trolling of the European left rather than outright fear and anger towards the European far right.
It will be interesting to see what Serious Conservatives like Douthat and Brooks make of these elections (if they’re not too busy dealing with our own national crisis, CommencementGhazi).